Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
In Context
26All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
28A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:12and I say, Now do the Philistines come down unto me to Gilgal, and the face of Jehovah I have not appeased; and I force myself, and cause the burnt-offering to ascend.'
Psalms 50:8Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
Isaiah 1:11'Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated [with] burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.
Jeremiah 6:20Why [is] this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings [are] not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.
Amos 5:21I have hated — I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:26-27
25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. Here we have, 1. The miseries of the slothful, whose hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood. They are as fit for labour as other men, and business offers itself, to which they might lay their hands and apply their minds, but they will not; herein they fondly think they do well for themselves, see ch. xxvi.… Read the whole commentary →